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Joining the Dots: Lives in History - The Orwell Foundation

Institute of Advanced Studies, Common Ground
Room
University College London | Gower St. WC1E 6BT

Join us for a discussion of Orwell Fellow Juliet
Gardiner's memoir Joining the dots. Juliet
will be in conversation with Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (UCL
History) and Orwell Fellow David Kynaston (author of Austerity Britain
and Modernity
Britain), discussing the business of living and
writing British social history in the 20th century.

"As one of Britain’s best-known social historians,
Juliet Gardiner writes here about the span of women’s lives from
her birth during the Second World War to the election of Margaret
Thatcher as prime minister. Using episodes from her own life as
starting points to illuminate the broader history in society at
large, she explores changing ideas towards birth and adoption, the
importance of education for girls, the opportunities offered by
university, to expectations of work and motherhood, not to mention
her generation’s yearning for freedom."Doors will open at 18.00 for a
18.30 start. We will finish at 20.00 with drinks. Copies of Joining the dots
will be available (cash only please).

This event is co-hosted by The Orwell Foundation, the Institute of
Advanced Studies and UCL History. To book a free ticket,
follow the link below or RSVP to jeremy.wikeley@orwellfoundation.com